Google/DoubleClick Deal in Trouble — Confirmed? No. But sure feels that way. — As Google and Microsoft execs head to Washington to plead their respective cases, a Microsoft-funded 51-page "research paper" on the legal aspects of the fight is making the rounds. (PaidContent has a brief summary).

Live from the Palm press conference at DigitalLife — Well folks — we're here at the Palm / Sprint press event at DigitalLife, so get ready to have your heads go popping off your neck in a matter of moments. We're going to be liveblogging the whole nasty affair — so keep your browser tuned in for the action.

Apple releases iPhone firmware 1.1.1 — Yes yes, friends. The day has finally arrived. Apple dropped a new iPhone firmware revision, bringing the official software notation up to version 1.1.1. This new software brings a host of changes and upgrades. Here's a rundown of some of the more significant changes:

Google Maps Causes US Navy To Change Its Swastika Building — You have to feel a bit sorry for the US Navy. They have a building in California that looks like a swastika from the air. But who looks at buildings from the air? Until Google Maps popularized easy access to aerial views, only the occasional bored air traveler.

WHY MUNICIPAL WIRELESS NETWORKS HAVE BEEN SUCH A FLOP. — It's hard to dislike the idea of free municipal wireless Internet access. Imagine your town as an oversized Internet cafe, with invisible packets floating everywhere as free as the air we breathe. That fanciful vision inspired …

Finding focus in Hollywood — BusinessWeek just released its annual "Best of the Web" user survey. Among the most beloved sites are some of the properties housed at our Santa Monica operations — Finance, Games, Health, Music, News. Since opening our office here five years ago …

Google availability differs greatly between countries — Google Search users in the United States are 10 times more likely to encounter a problem than users in Brazil, according to this unique one-year survey from Pingdom. — Google has a large number of localized versions of their Google Search homepage.

AOL Is Gussying Itself Up for an Advertising IPO — What's behind all the shuffling going on at AOL lately? New CEO Randy Falco is moving the headquarters from Dulles, Va. to New York City, more layoffs are rumored at the dying dial-up business, and all the advertising businesses …